London coffee scene

Single-origin cafés in London

Cafés in London that pour single-origin coffee only, no house blends. Traceable lots, named farms, seasonal rotation.

10 cafés · United Kingdom

Independent picks, never pay-to-list. How we choose.

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Covent Garden

Monmouth Coffee Company

Monmouth Coffee has anchored London's specialty scene since 1978 from its atmospheric shop at 27 Monmouth Street,…

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Shoreditch

Redemption Roasters Shoreditch

Redemption Roasters is a specialty coffee company that trains and employs people with lived experience of the…

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Notting Hill

Amoret Coffee

Notting Hill's own specialty roastery on Pembridge Road, Amoret hand-roasts 100 per cent Arabica beans in-house on a…

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Brixton

Assembly Coffee Brixton

Assembly Coffee's roastery and flagship cafe in a converted Victorian fire station on Ferndale Road is where this…

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Richmond

Kiss the Hippo Richmond

The original home and roastery of Kiss the Hippo, the first coffee company in the industry to be certified carbon…

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Borough

Monmouth Coffee Company Borough Market

Monmouth's Borough Market outpost, opened in 2001, operates from a former fruit and vegetable warehouse in one of…

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Peckham

Old Spike Roastery

Old Spike Roastery on Peckham Rye is a social enterprise founded in 2014 to help London's homeless community through…

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Shoreditch

Origin Coffee Shoreditch

Origin Coffee's Shoreditch cafe at 65 Charlotte Road showcases the Cornwall-based roaster's rotating monthly feature…

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Bankside

Scenery Coffee

Located within the Jerwood Space, a Victorian school building repurposed as a rehearsal facility for the performing…

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Belgravia

Workshop Coffee Belgravia

Workshop Coffee's Belgravia cafe and barista academy on Eccleston Street brings the roaster's signature clean, sweet,…

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